# Accident 19810921059719A: Hughes 269C, Startzille, TX, September 21, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1981, 17:12 local time
- Place: Startzille, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Running(Helicopter/Vtol Ac)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N8322F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8322F-2013-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360 series (registry code 41524, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360D1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 5,436 total, 1,823 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA146) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810921059719A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FLEW INTO POWERLINES ON TAKEOFF. ROTORS HIT WIRES FROM UNDERSIDE. HELICOPTER CRASHED INVERTED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW81FA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA146), Sep 21, 1981: Hughes 269C (N8322F), Startzville, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.